The
Expulsion of the Acadians, also known as the
Great Upheaval, the
Great Expulsion, the
Great Deportation and
Le Grand Dérangement, was the forced removal by the
British of the
Acadian people from the present day Canadian
Maritime provinces of
Nova Scotia,
New Brunswick,
Prince Edward Island —an area also known as
Acadia. The Expulsion (1755–1764) occurred during the
French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the
Seven Years' War) and was part of the British military campaign against
New France. The British first deported Acadians to the
Thirteen Colonies, and after 1758 transported additional Acadians to Britain and France. In all, of the 14,100 Acadians in the region, approximately 11,500 Acadians were deported.